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8,000+ Asus routers popped in ‘advanced’ mystery botnet plot
No formal attribution made but two separate probes hint at the same suspect Thousands of Asus routers are currently ensnared by a new botnet that is trying to disable Trend Micro security features before exploiting vulnerabilities for backdoor access.…
Billions of cookies up for grabs as experts warn over session security
Law enforcement crackdowns are gathering pace but online marketplaces still teeming with valuable tokens A VPN vendor says billions of stolen cookies currently on sale either on dark web or Telegram-based marketplaces remain active and exploitable.…
European Commission: Make Europe Great Again… for startups
Sick of paying the US tech tax and relinquishing talent to other continents, politicians finally wake up The European Commission (EC) has kicked off a scheme to make Europe a better place to nurture global technology businesses, providing support throughout their lifecycle, from startup through to maturity.…
Victoria’s Secret website laid bare for three days after ‘security incident’
Knickers outlet knackered Underwear retailer Victoria's Secret’s website has been down for three days, with the company blaming an unspecified security problem.…
Adversarial AI: The new frontier in financial cybersecurity
The financial sector is adept at balancing risk and opportunity. Adversarial AI is its next big challenge Sponsored Post From the use of ATMs to online banking, the financial services sector has always been at the forefront of technology. Now, it's leading the charge in AI. In their…
Russian IT pro sentenced to 14 years forced labor for sharing medical data with Ukraine
The latest in a long line of techies to face Putin’s wrath A Russian programmer will face the next 14 years in a "strict-regime" (high-security) penal colony after a regional court ruled he leaked sensitive data to Ukraine.…
The cost of compromise: Why password attacks are still winning in 2025
Poor password management is responsible for thousands of data breaches, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Sponsored feature The IT business likes to reinvent things as quickly as possible. Except passwords, that is. We've been using them since Roman times, only now they're digital. They're the…
DragonForce double-whammy: First hit an MSP, then use RMM software to push ransomware
SimpleHelp was the vector for the attack Updated DragonForce ransomware infected a managed service provider, and its customers, after attackers exploited security flaws in remote monitoring and management tool SimpleHelp.…
ASUS to chase business PC market with free AI, or no AI – because nobody knows what to do with it
Really strong USB ports make a difference too by reducing the need for motherboard replacements Computex Analysts rate Taiwan’s ASUS the world’s fifth most prolific PC-maker, but the company wants to climb the charts by targeting business buyers, according to Shawn Chang, Head of Go-To-Market for the outfit’s…
Don’t click on that Facebook ad for a text-to-AI-video tool
Millions may fall for it - and end up with malware instead A group of miscreants tracked as UNC6032 is exploiting interest in AI video generators by planting malicious ads on social media platforms to steal credentials, credit card details, and other sensitive info, according to Mandiant.…